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Like or that we want to use. we want to be ready. and thats smart. >> interesting to part out, senator marco rubio gave the republican rebuttal to the state of the union. he saw what was leaked and called the plan half baked and seriously flawed. political analysts think nothing will get done unless rubio is on board. he blasted the presidents plan over the weekend. so where this goes from here should be very interesting. >> interesting to see where we go. drivers are paying record high prices...

Welcome back to weekends with alex witt. here are your fast five headl e headlines. tens of thousands greeted the pope in st. peters square. another case of irony of a shooting death of a teenage woman in chicago. the woman was gun down hours after her younger sister attended president obamas school speech ending gun violence. an idaho man is facing charges after slapping a toddler on a recent flight after the child was crying. the 63-year-old used a racial epithet. at the gas pumps, the n...

Not what american people are talking about at their tables. theyre not talking about mitt romneys tax returns. theyre not talking about working at bain capital. theyre talking about how do they survive. when you look at the simple fact that on inauguration day, gasoline prices in america were 1.84 on average. now we have gasoline prices closer again to 3.71. those are the simple type of things we have to be able to articulate with the right type of image and say, look, this is the vision that we...

Jenna: welcome back, everyone. lets talk about sething that really affects all of us and that is gas prices around this country. right now the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.71. well have a little context for you in a moment what that looks like compared to last month or last year but turns out those higher prices that were seeing are really not stopping us from making plans to hit the road this labor day. sort of an interesting story here. edson with the fox business network has mo...

>> live from americas news headquarters, im craig boz wel. rising gasoline prices may prompt the white house to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserveful they are waiting to see if prices drop after labor day. today, the white house says it has no plans to tap the reserve, but the option is on the table. gasoline prices average around $3.71 a gallon, up almost 30 cents from a month ago. planees take to the skies over dallas, texas, spraying insecticides, for mosquitoes with west nile v...

Is showing americans are now cushing spending a bit to compensate perhaps for higher gas prices that theyre experiencing. in fact 2012 will likely be the most expensive year ever for drivers. this year-to-date the average price across the country for a gallon of gas has been $3.61. more than 10 cents above the previous record average that was set last year. so lets bring in our good friend, stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. good morning and what do you thin...

Beyond the grave. >> ainsley earhardt thank you. >> sure. >> the time now 19 after the hour. days after one of his cars went up in flames if is car hires a man who has dealt with his share of electrical car fires. >> then this guy pulling out all of the stops to propose to his girlfriend. enlisting strangers to pull off the big surprise. his proposal going viral. stick around to see why. as we head to break a quick look at the morning prices at the pump. the national average stands at 3.71 a gal...

Inside. he just grabbed iphones, ipads, then found jobs wallet. but he took his drivers license and police also said he snatched about $60,000 worth of tiffany jewelry and champagne and also a blender. its an amazing story. >> famously, steve jobs house is not in a secluded community so very accessible. another thing youre watching for us, this is something we thought wed end the summer with, low gas prices. >> its quite amazing. people are now saying it could be the most expensive ever in terms...

Every americans dream to go to college like rick santorum said? >> i say that people should have a choice to do whatever they want to do in life. if they want to go to college, they should have that opportunity. if they dont want to go to college and maybe start a business and maybe go in a trade or another profession, thats their right, too. i dont know if id call someone a snob, but i think the american people should have their choice to do whatever the heck theyd like with their life. >> one ...

May not be a whole lot better. the average nationwide price of se self-serve gas has topped $3.50. its risen at a break-neck pace. almost 34 senlts in two weeks according to aaa. thats the fastest, highest increase since right after hurricane katrina. if this rate keeps up, not that it necessarily will, we will set a new record for the price of gasoline inside of a month from now. the highest average gas price to date is $4.11. you can see it there in the middle of the charge. $4.11, that was ju...